[Editor's
Note: Words in brackets in first section by A Wassink are my
additions; no other changes have been made except that actual
Scripture quotations (KJV) have been given instead of paraphrases,
which also result in a few very minor punctuation changes. This is
very old but truthful message, and is part of the larger work seen on
this page. To God be the glory. Make sure you know and are truly
serving Him!]

Jehovah's
Witnesses are the adherents of a sect which originated during the
latter part of the 19th century. To some people the sect is better
known as "Russellism." It is only in recent years that the
name "Jehovah's Witnesses" was adopted. Why this change of
name? Was it because people were quite generally being warned against
Russellism? Was it because this new name would give them a better
chance to mislead the unwary.'

Their beliefs
you will find in the "Studies of the Scriptures,"~published
in six volumes. Also in anything published by "The Watch Tower
Bible and Tract Society." Also, whatever is sponsored by "The
International Bible Students Association."

"Jehovah's
Witnesses" are very zealous in making propaganda. As a result of
such propaganda you find some of them in almost any part of our
Country. At any rate they will canvass your community with their
literature. They are convinced that they have the light, and that you
are in utter darkness. And they carry on an extensive propaganda to
impart their light to others. So that each year a large number come
in contact with their dangerous teachings.

THE FOUNDER

Charles Taze
Russell was the founder of this movement. In the eighties of the last
century he sold his Men's Furnishing Store to devote himself to the
study of the Scripture. He lectured at various places. He also
published somewhat extensively. He died in 1916.

Russell had
commenced a task which was far in excess of his qualifications. Even
though he had no knowledge at all of the original languages in which
the Bible was written, and although he had no higher education, yet
he boldly set himself in opposition to the church of all ages. He
condemned the translators of the Bible and denounced the ministers
for teaching what they did. The church, according to Russellism,
belongs to the ecclesiastical wing of Satan's organization.

Mark this well!
Russellism condemns the teaching of the church of all ages. Christ
has said that He would build His church, and through His Spirit lead
her into all truth. But Russell tells us that the church has remained
in darkness. Only to Russell and his followers has Christ revealed
the truth.

BIBLE AS
AUTHORITY?

Russell claims
that he acknowledges the authority of the Bible. He quotes it
repeatedly. In the introduction to his first volume he even deplores
the fact that people are forsaking the Bible. But, as we shall see
later on, he frequently twists it to fit his own teachings. His
works, as well as those of Rutherford, are full of exegetical
jugglery. Their conclusions are frequently sheer nonsense.

Let us now
proceed to test the teachings of Russellism on some fundamental
points.

THE CHRIST

"What think
ye of the Christ?" This is a very fundamental question.
Concerning the person of Christ the Bible tells us that He has been
from of old, from everlasting. That was in the beginning with God.
That lie was God. That He was the Word by whom all things were made.

Russellism
plainly denies His deity. Jesus Christ was a created being. He was
originally neither more nor less than a perfect man. And when the
prophet says: "Whose goings forth have been from of old, from
everlasting-." Russell reads: "Whose goings forth have been
(foretold) of old, from everlasting." Russell merely perverts
Scripture by slipping in the word "foretold."

The incarnation
Russell explains as follows: "Neither was Jesus a combination of
the two natures, human and spiritual. The blending of two natures
produces neither the one nor the other, but an imperfect, hybrid
thing, which is obnoxious to the divine arrangement. When Jesus was
in the flesh, He was a perfect human being; previous to that He was a
spiritual being; and since His resurrection He is a perfect spiritual
being of the highest or Divine order." Russell clearly teaches
that Jesus was merely a man when upon earth.

And that in the
face of the plain teaching of the Bible. It teaches that "God
was manifest in the flesh." In other words, He who became flesh
was God. We are told "The Word was made flesh." Yes, and at
the same time remained God. For, the "Word dwelt among us."
[1Tim. 3:16; Jn. 1:14.]

By denying the
Deity of Christ, both before and after His incarnation, Russellism
robs Him of the glory due Him. But it also brands Him as a shameless
falsifier, for Christ Himself claimed to be the Son of God. Jesus
accepted divine honor bestowed upon Him in the confession of Peter.
On more than one occasion He clearly set Himself up as God. The Jews
said, "Thou makest thyself equal with God." If Jesus was
not, He was the worst religious fraud the world has ever known.

Note, also, how
Russell explains the death of Christ. Bear in mind that, according to
Kussell, Jesus was merely human when upon the earth. And what does he
tell us about that man? "He is no longer human in any sense or
degree." "His human existence ended on the cross." "It
was necessary that the man Jesus Christ should never live again,
should remain dead ... to all eternity." This may be shocking.
But this is exactly what Russell teaches. "The Mediator who died
on the cross no longer exists. He has not triumphed over death. The
Bible tells us there is one mediator between God and man, the man
Christ Jesus. But Russel tells us that he does not exist any more.

What what then
about the human body of Christ? The body has disappeared. How- does
Russell dispose of that fact? This is easy for him: "We know
nothing about it, except that it did not decay or corrupt ....
Whether it was was dissolved into gases or whether it is still
preserved somewhere as some grand memorial of God's love, of Christ's
obedience, and of our redemption, no knows; nor is such knowledge
necessary."But,” you say, "the Bible relates that
Jesus appeared after His death." The risen Saviour appeared to
His disciples even ten times. And He said on one occasion: "Behold
My hands and My feet, that it is I myself: handle Me and see; for a
spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see Me have." [Lk. 24:39]
Surely you say, Russell cannot explain that, if he denies the
resurrection of the body-.

But you are
mistaken. No difficulty for Russell at all. At this point he
entertains us with some more of his exegetical jugglery, which is so
common in his writings. As also in the writings of his successor
Rutherford.

Listen to what
Russell says, "The human body of flesh and bones, etc., and its
clothing, which appeared suddenly, while the doors were shut, did not
go out of the door, but simply disappeared or dissolved into the same
elements from which he had created them a few moments before."

This denial of
the bodily resurrection of Jesus is a very serious matter. We know
what an importance the Bible ascribes to it. Paul says, "If
Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your
sins. Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ have perished."

At this point we
find a glaring contradiction in the teachings of Russell. He teaches
that Jesus was originally only a created spirit. He gave up His
spirit being when He became man. He was merely a man when upon earth.
And as a man He is dead to to all eternity. And yet, after His death
He is a spirit of divine order. How is this possible? Russell makes
it very easy for you again. If you only accept his word for it. He
says: "He was created anew." But you say: "I don't
understand that." Of course, you don't. I don't either. How
something that does not exist any more can be created anew, is more
than any intelligent man can grasp.

But Russell has
some more originality in store for us. Let us see what he says about
the second coming of Christ. Remember that Christ is now, according
to Russell, merely a spirit. And it is as a spirit that He comes
again. The Bible tells us every eye shall see Him. But Russell claims
His coming is invisible. And, mind you, He has come already. Yes, and
He has been here all the while since 1874, This may startle you
somewhat. But Russell has come to this conclusion by a process of
chronological and mathematical reasoning founded partly on the Hebrew
Jubliee years. And Rutherford refers to the creation of the first
labor organization in the year 1874 as a proof that the Lord returned
in that year.

Christians have
for centuries believed that the glorious advent of Christ will be
accompanied by great changes and revolutions in both the earth and
sky. They are convinced that Matthew 24 and other passages warrant
such a belief. Shall we exchange that for the errors of a false
teacher?

Surely, Russell
does not honor the Christ. He has taken away our Lord, and we know
not -where lie has laid Him.

SALVATION

According to
Russellism, the Atonement of Jesus Christ was that of a man. "As
a human being He gave himself a ransom for men." It was his
flesh, His life as a man, His humanity, that was sacrificed for our
redemption. His death, therefore, was the death of a creature.

But what then is
left of the atonement of Christ? Such teaching robs it of all its
power. The Scriptures testify that no man by his wealth, his
self-sacrifice, or his character can redeem himself, much less redeem
anyone else. How then could we trust the redemption of our souls to a
mere man'. It is exactly because Christ was God, that He could bear
the burden of God's wrath against sin, and thus obtain eternal
redemption for us. But, if His sacrifice was that of a mere man, our
redemption can never become a fact.

Moreover, it is
also evident that Russell does not consider the atonement sufficient
for our salvation. He says: "We, as members of Christ's body are
yielding up our lives in sacrifice during this age, and these
sacrificed lives counted in with His constitute the blood of Christ
which seals the new covenant between God and the World." So
Russell teaches that our sacrifices are part of the ransom price for
sin.

Russell
predicted that the final consummation of this age was to come in
1914. In that year the present order of things of this world would
terminate, and the millennium would set in. Then all evil would be
crushed and righteousness and peace would fill the redeemed world.
This is stated repeatedly.

Perhaps you
think the world does not look like it very much. But that is because
you don't see it. You don't have the light that the Russellites have.
I have heard people coming to their rescue by saying that the
Russellites had predicted the World War. That came in 1914. But then
I would say, "My dear friend, Russell did not predict that World
War would set in, but that `righteousness and peace' would fill the
redeemed world."

It must have
been somewhat embarrassing for Russell to live as long as he did. He
outlived the date he had fixed. And what developed is real
interesting. What Russell had predicted did not happen. What did
Russell do? When the year 1914 approached, he changed the date to
1915. He also said "it may be 191G" In the year 1916 he
died. Later "The Watch Tower" stated that might be 1924 or
1928.

How much better
it would have been, if Russell had clung to the clear teaching of the
Bible. It tells us "of that day and hour knoweth no man."
God has wisely kept it from us. And then we must be willing to be
ignorant on this point. We must give heed to the many signs that will
precede and usher in these great events. We must continually watch
and be prepared. But the exact time we do not know.

SECOND PROBATION

Russellism
teaches that in the millennium there will be a second chance to be
saved. It is true, that Russell says the dead do not exist. But he
also surprises us by saying that during the millennium they will be
recreated. And then they will be given another chance to accept the
Gospel. They will have this chance for at least 100 years. It will be
under circumstances much more favorable, than those which obtain in
this present age. In this life circumstances have been too
unfavorable. In fact "only the Lord's favored little flock (the
Russellites) have as yet sufficient light to incur the final
penalty." So man must again be placed on trial.

And Russellism
teaches that all will have that opportunity. Not only those who have
not heard the Gospel. But "those who do not receive a full
knowledge, and by faith an enjoyment of the favor of God in the
present time, will have that opportunity." And where does
Russell find proof for this? He refers to 1 Tim. 2:6, where we read
"The man Jesus Christ gave himself a ransom for all, to be
testified in due time." From this Russell concludes that the
Gospel must be preached to all. But suppose this were the real
meaning, how could it follow that also those who hear and reject the
Gospel in this life will have another opportunity? Has Russell a
right to include them, simply on the grounds that circumstances here
were unfavorable?

The Bible tells
us "now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation."
Again: "How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?"
Again: "The hour is coming, when they that have done evil, shall
come forth unto – unto what? Unto a second chance? No, "unto
condemnation." And again: "It is appointed unto men once to
die and after that-" a second chance? No, "after that
judgment." The Bible repeatedly warns us to make a choice in
this life. Because this life determines.

THE DESTINY OF
THE WICKED

Russellism
dwells a great deal on the eternal destiny of those that are lost.
And, no doubt, it is popular with many people, because of what it
teaches on this point.

Russellism
teaches there is no such thing as everlasting pain for the wicked.
Those who, even after a second chance, refuse to accept the Gospel,
will simply be annihilated. They will cease to exist. Russell says it
is not Scripture, but the church that teaches that there is
everlasting pain for the impenitent. But this is either ignorance on
the part of the leaders, or they teach this, because they think it
will be influential in holding people in check. Many people are held
in check only by feats of torture. But when the Bible speaks of death
it always means non-existence. "Death is a period of absolute
unconsciousness, more than that it is a period of absolute
non-existence." "The dead are dead, utterly destroyed."

MEANING OF DEATH

Let us test
Russell's definition of death. Jesus said: "Let the dead bury
their dead." According to Russell, we would have to read: "Let
those who do not exist bury those who do not exist." Can you
imagine Jesus making such a statement? John says: "We know that
we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren."
According to Russell, this would mean: "We know that we have
come from non-existence to life, because we love the brethren."
But what an idea would that be! Such contradictions could easily be
multiplied. But this is sufficient to show to what sheer nonsense
Russellism would lead us.

The Bible
teaches that the soul does continue to exist after death. Jesus said
we should not fear them which kill the body but cannot kill the soul.
He tells us that, not only Lazarus, but also the rich man, continued
to exist after death. [Luke 16:19-31] Some will answer that this is a
parable, and that we must be very careful in drawing conclusions from
it. Yes, but if that parable doesn't teach continued existence, it
does not teach anything at all. The soul continues to exist after
death. And its condition may be life which is existence in the favor
of God, or death, which is existence separated from his favor. [Jesus
never named individuals in His parables, in addition, Jesus always
used physical realities – real things – that illustrated
corresponding spiritual realties: never did He use “science
fiction” as He would be in Luke 16, if a soul after death was
not conscious of pain.]

DESTROY?

But 'we read
that God "can destroy both soul and body in hell." There
you have the word "destroy." If you destroy a thing, it
does not exist any more. That ought to settle it. In 1 Thess. 1:9 we
read that God will punish with everlasting destruction from the
presence of the Lord. Is that not the same as annihilation?

But it cannot
mean the same as annihilation. This meaning cannot be ascribed to the
basic root of the Greek word used here in II Thessalonians 1:9. The
same root, although in a different form, is found in Luke 19:10 where
we read that the Son of Man came "to seek and to save what was
lost." To substitute annihilation for lost in this sentence
would be absurd. Similarly, in Luke 15:4 we read: "What man of
you having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them doth not leave the
ninety and nine in the wilderness and go after that which was lost,
until he found it?" The Greek words for lose and lost have the
same basic root as the word used in II Thessalonians 1:9. Again the
substitution of the idea of annihilation for lose and lost would make
the passage meaningless: "What man of you having a hundred
sheep, if one of them be annihilated, doth not leave the ninety and
nine in the wilderness and go after that which was annihilated."
It ought to be clear from these passages that something may be said
to be destroyed (lost) in a certain sense and yet exist. The soul of
the wicked will be destroyed, and yet will continue to exist.

But what then
does destroy mean in such passages in the Bible ? Let us go back to
those passages where in the original language this word is applied to
sheep. What does it mean there, when it is stated that the sheen is
lost? It means that it is separated from the shepherd. Separated from
his loving care. And for a sheep in a wilderness that means ruin and
misery.

So when the soul
of man is said to be destroyed or lost. It means that the soul is
separated from God its Shepherd. Separated from his favor and care.
And for man that means ruin and misery.

Man was
originally created in fellowship with God, enjoying his favor and
care - something, absolutely necessary for his well-being. To lose
that fellowship spells ruin and misery for man. He can no longer be
happy. Darkness, pain and torture must creep upon him. And that is
what comes upon man as a result of rejecting the Gospel of salvation.
To some extent it may be experienced already in this life. But it
will be fully upon him in the life to come.

This explanation
agrees with other expressions used in the Bible concerning
everlasting punishment. The destiny of the wicked is said to be "one
of weeping and gnashing of teeth," "an everlasting pain,"
"a fire that shall not be quenched," "where the worm
does not die," And did not Jesus issue the most solemn warnings
against sin because of its consequences? In eleven out of twelve
times that he referred to the punishment of the impenitent, he
uttered a most serious warning against the eternal consequences of
sin. There would have been no reason for this, if the consequences of
sin were merely annihilation. [In Mt. 25:46 we read, “And these
shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into
life eternal.” How can everlasting life for the saved be just
that – everlasting – but punishment be annihilation? And
lest one suppose that the punishment is not an active realization of
torment, in Mt. 25:41 Jesus declares unto them on His left hand,
“Depart from Me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for
the devil and his angels,” and when we turn to Revelation 20:10
we read, that “the devil that deceived them was cast into the
lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet
are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”
“And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever:
and they have no rest day nor night” (Rev. 14:11). To make
eternal punishment anything less that that is to make a mockery of
Christ's words, which declared that it is better to pluck out one's
eye, if it causes us to sin, than to “go into hell, into the
fire that never shall be quenched” (Mk. 9:43-48). If a life of
sin, and the result of rejecting Christ is mere annihilation and the
missing of God's kingdom, would not most souls consider the pleasures
of sin worth it all? Instead, the Scripture appeal to the fact that
only a fool would count it worth it to enjoy a season of sin for an
eternity of torment, in addition to missing the life that is to be
had in Christ now, and eternal glory later, but those who trust and
obey Him.]

Russellism may
argue that God is a God of love. To be sure, He is. And we should be
immensely grateful for it. But he is also a righteous Judge. He must
punish impenitence according to its greatness. And that means a
terrible penalty even though we shudder as we think of these things.
No annihilation can satisfy his justice.

A SOLEMN WARNING

We know that
Russellism makes a great deal of some subjects that are popular.
People are not equally interested in all parts of the Bible. Some
parts of it are preferred above others. Some, for example, are rather
curious about what pertains to the future. The Russeliites come along
and advertise attractive books and lectures on such themes. "To
Hell and back again." "Where are the Dead?" "Millions
now living that shall never die." That sounds interesting. They
go and listen. The speaker tackles the most difficult subjects and
prophecies. He talks as if he knows all about it. He actually
succeeds in impressing his audience that he is really an authority on
the subject in hand. Many people do not stop to consider whether it
is all true what they have heard. They find some satisfaction in
having an explanation. And they will frequently accept the greatest
absurdities without any serious objection.

Russellism also
preaches an agreeable theology. It answers many important questions
in a pleasant way. For example, when it tells the people that those
who reject the Gospel here will have another opportunity in the life
hereafter. And when it tells the people, that if they even then
reject it, their destiny will be nothing worse than annihilation. So
that the impenitent sinner has after all nothing serious to fear.
Such language pleases the people. Paul tells us that the Gospel he
preached was "not after man." But Russellism goes to great
pains to make it so.

We must also
bear in mind that in Russellism Satan comes as an angel of light.
Therefore it does the more easily deceive the ignorant and unwary

Not all that you
find in the literature of Russellism is false. One can sometimes read
a great deal in succession that is entirely true. I can very well
imagine someone picking up one of Russell's books, read a piece in
it, and wonder what is wrong with it.

But that is just
where the danger of Russellism lies. It comes in the name of Christ,
but denies the Christ of the Bible. It professes to defend the Bible
as the infallible Word of God, but it twists it to serve its own pet
ideas. Russell condemns the atheism of Robert Ingersoll, but his own
works are even more dangerous.

We are living in
an age that offers a greater mixture of truth and error than any
previous age. Jesus has told us that the time will come when many
shall say: "Lo, here is Christ." And others again will
point in another direction. Have we perhaps come to that age? It is
remarkable that so many of the existing sects are of recent origin.
This much is sure, that we must be on our guard more in our own day
than ever before. We should not believe every spirit, but try the
spirits whether they be of God.

Listed below are
the locations of texts from the Bible which prove beyond all doubt
the major doctrines of the Christian church which are denied by the
Jehovah's Witnesses.

The Existence of
the Soul: Isa. 55:3; I Cor. 6:20; Acts 7:59; Job 32:8; Gen. 1:26 (Man
created in the image of God: I Cor. 11:7); Matt. 26:38.

[This tract was
originally supplied in booklet form by Faith, Prayer and Tract
League, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49504 – 1390, but has been
discontinued. I know of no ministry supplying it. That is why it is
posted here.]

There is a God -
your Creator, Who has given us both good things and good laws. But
“All have sinned” (Rm. 3:23), breaking His good laws and
misusing the good things which He has given us for our benefit. Your
sins have separated you from God, and no sin will be, or should be,
allowed into the Holy presence of God's dwelling (Is. 59:1, 2; Rv.
21:27). If you die in your sins - if you have not cast all your faith
upon Him to save you and had all your sins washed away by His
precious blood - you will go to a real place that is just the
opposite of Heaven, a place of weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth
(Mt. 8:12; 13:42 KJV). Jesus said, “Except a man be born again,
he cannot see the Kingdom of God” (Jn. 3:3-7). You must be born
spiritually by the Holy Spirit of Christ.

Right now you
are in one of two spiritual conditions, dead in sins or alive in
Christ; traveling on one of two paths, the broad way that leads to
everlasting destruction or the narrow way that leads to everlasting
life; heading for one of two eternal places, the Lake of Fire or the
Heavenly City (Eph. 2:1; Mt. 7:14; 1Thes. 1:8-10; Rev. 20-22). The
Only Way you can have your sins forgiven and get back to God is
through the Lord JESUS CHRIST, whom the Father sent to save you (Acts
4:12; 13:39; 1Jn. 4:10, 14).

It is He who
came down from Heaven to live a completely sinless and perfect life,
showing us what God is like in His love and righteousness, And it is
He who took responsibility for all we have done wrong, paying for our
sins with His own sinless blood on the cross of His death. And having
done all, it is He who rose from the dead to Heaven as your present
Savior and future Judge (Act 10:39-43). Neither the Pope, Mary,
Muhammad, Buddha, etc. can save you. Your church membership, “good
deeds,” praying to saints, etc. will not make you right with
God. Only the One who came down from Heaven to die for you and rose
again “is able also to save them to the uttermost that come
unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them”
(Heb. 7:25).

What you do with
Jesus Christ, “God manifest in the flesh” (1Tim. 3:16)
reveals what you ultimately love and where you will spend ETERNITY.

Will you choose
sin and it's bondage or Christ and His salvation? “He that
believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not
the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him”
(John 3:36). “How shall we escape, if we neglect so great
salvation” (Heb. 2:3).

We pray that
you, dear soul, will not be a fool and sin away your day of grace but
instead will choose Christ and His Life today. “Forsake the
foolish and live” (Prv. 9:6). Humble yourself as a guilty and
helpless sinner and ask the Lord Jesus to save you, giving your sins
and life to Him. “the publican, standing afar off, would not
lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast,
saying, God be merciful to me a sinner” (Lk. 18:13).

“God
resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. “He that
covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and
forsaketh them shall have mercy.” “Repent ye therefore,
and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times
of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; “That
if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt
believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou
shalt be saved” (Ja. 4:6; Prv. 28:13; Acts 3:19; Rm. 10:9).

This decision is
shown by being baptized under water in identification with your Lord,
then following Him with a Bible-preaching church, rejoicing in Christ
(despite persecutions)!

"Then they
that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there
were added unto them about three thousand souls. And they continued
stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking
of bread, and in prayers” (Acts 2:41, 42 ).

www.peacebyjesus.com

Email:
saved2serve@gmail.com

Bless the LORD,
O my soul: and all that is within me, bless HIS holy name. Bless the
LORD, O my soul, and forget not all HIS benefits (Ps. 103:1, 2).

The following is
a compilation of the multiplicity of false prophecies and statements
by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, otherwise known as the
(so-called) Jehovah's Witnesses, and was written in response to
proselytizing attempts by their workers.

Dear Witness,

This document
pertains to the Watchtower Bible and Tract Societies worthiness of
trust. The reason for this being important is because you are not
simply calling me to believe an erroneous gospel, but (as part of
that) to place my confidence in an organization that sets forth
itself as God sole mouthpiece on earth*, and His prophet. But as is
evident by history, this is sinful presumption, and which the Bible
condemns. The true gospel of Christ does not bring men to trust in an
organization to be saved, even if they claim to be “God's
prophet on the earth,” but calls souls to look directly to the
Lord Jesus Christ for salvation (as in the above message). No church
or organization is worthy of the level of trust that the Watchtower
Society has historically required, and much less one that has so
often prophesied falsely in the name of Jehovah, thereby taking His
name in vain! “

You are welcome
to discuss the evidence or conclusions set forth here via the email
address above. We should follow the example of the apostles of old,
who "renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in
craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by
manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's
conscience in the sight of God" (2Cor. 42). “A true
witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies”
(Prv. 14:25). And therefore Ihope that you will see that the boldness
of some of my comments are warranted in the light of the evidence. I
am to hate deception and love the truth, and I pray you will do the
same.

The following is
a list of documented misleading and false predictions taken from
official Watchtower Publications made by the organization that you
would have me to implicitly trust in. Such failures cannot be
explained away by the "progressive light" principle, for
overall most of these predictions were not merely speculative, or
optional for adherents to believe in, rather the Watchtower Society
typically gave strong assurance that Armageddon would occur by a
certain date, and disagreement or doubt by members in the
congregation was typically seen as weakness or rebellion. Such
assured predictions and required faith sets the Watchtower Society up
to an god, and Jehovah God commands, “Thou shalt have no other
gods before Me“ (Ex. 20:3). And by effectively placing their
writings on a level of authority with Scripture, the Watchtower
Society basically is adding to it, and so shall suffer the curses of
those that do (Rev. 22:18). I pray that instead you give your sins
and life directly to the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the living
God, and be born from above! [Bold emphasis is mine, and comments by
me following the quotes are in brackets].

Watchtower
Society presumes to be God's chosen mouthpiece.

It is the
Watchtower Society (herein referred to as the WTS) that declares
themselves to be God's prophet and once invited us to make such an
examination:

The Watchtower
-1972, p. 197

"So, does
Jehovah have a prophet to help them, to warn them of dangers and to
declare things to come? These questions can be answered in the
affirmative. Who is this prophet? ...This 'prophet' was not one man,
but was a body of men and women. It was the small group of footstep
followers of Jesus Christ, known at that time as International Bible
Students. Today they are known as Jehovah's Christian witnesses... Of
course, it is easy to say that this group acts as a 'prophet' of God.
It is another thing to prove it. The only way that this can be done
is to review the record. What does it show? [Indeed, just what does
it show???]

Accountability

This claim, that
WTS is speaking for God - to be His mouthpiece on the earth - has
many times been affirmed by them explicitly and implicitly since
times of their founder, Charles Taze Russell. According to the Word
of God, preachers of His Word are held to higher accountability, and
will suffer "greater condemnation" (James 3:1) for their
errors. How much more accountable are they who presume for themselves
an essential infallibility, whether stated or implied, when their
interpretations of essential doctrines cannot pass the test of
objective, careful examination in the full light of the written Word
of God, or, as concerns predictions, the record of history,

The Test Of A
True Prophet:

It has been said
that truth is life. Truth bring spiritual life and liberty, while
deception works death and bondage. If someone gives you wrong
directions you can end up in the wrong place, or live for the wrong
thing or for a good thing in the wrong way. And if a liar presumes to
validate his words by claiming them to be that of a truthful person,
then the liar is using the truthful person's name "in vain."
And when the words fail to come true it dishonors the good persons
character. A person who gives souls "wrong directions" to
God by preaching a false gospel (means of salvation) or who makes
false predictions in His Name, actually works to damn souls which
Christ died to save, and profanes God's character, which is proven to
be holy, just and true, and merciful. It is therefore that the
Biblical requirements for a true prophet mandate that he truly does
speak in the Name of the Lord - that his message is in accordance
with the Bible - and that his prophecies are 100% accurate.

Deu 18:20 - 22
makes this quite clear:

"But the
prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have
not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other
gods, even that prophet shall die. And if thou say in thine heart,
How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? When a
prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not,
nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken,
but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be
afraid of him.”

It may be
discerned that there are two categories here, one being that of a
soul who professes to be speaking in the name of the True and Living
God of the Bible when he is not, with the other being that of one who
speaks in the name of another god, and for both the death penalty was
incurred. That this is this is the case (and that Dt.18 is not simply
referring a false Messiah) is shown by the fact that men like Pashur
(Jer. 28:11-17; cf. 11:21-23; Zech. 13:3) committed a sin into death
by prophesying falsely in the name of the Lord, as opposed to seeking
to lead souls to other gods.

An examination
of Biblical prophecies, rightly understood, will reveal that they
came to pass how, where and when they were prophesied to have done
so, and were complimentary with the doctrine which had been
established as faithful and true in the Scriptures.

But in clear
contrast to a true man of God and prophet, the WTS preaches "another
gospel" by "another spirit" with "another Jesus"
(2Cor. 11:4), and which false gospel we will examine later, and have
made numerous false predictions since their beginning in the latter
half of the 1800's. Such a "lying spirit" (1Kg. 22:22) by
which they speak are both a test for the true people of God who are
called to lift up Jesus Christ (the Way, the Truth, and the Life),
and by Him to "prove all things," as well as a judgment
upon a society that does not want the True Jesus of the Bible to
reign over them (cf. Lk. 19:14; Acts 7:39-42; 1Tim. 4:1; 2Tim. 3:13).

Typically, false
prophets mix much truth (some of which the established is reluctant
to preach) with their deceptions (they may even manage to make a few
true predictions, or discernments), and a lying spirit knows how to
excuse himself after his assured predictions fail to come to pass.
The following are documented predictions, taken from official WTS
publications, made before the dates of their predicted fulfillments
(1914, 15, 1925, and 1975 respectively), and then statements made
after those predictions failed. Certain words of theirs i have given
emphasis to.

False prophecies
by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society

1897, The Battle
of Armageddon, Studies in the Scriptures, Vol. 4, p. 621:

"Our Lord,
the appointed King, is now present, since October 1874, A.D.,
according to the testimony of the prophets, to those who have ears to
hear it." [In contrast to this WTS doctrine, the Bible knows
nothing of an invisible coming of the Lord to the earth to set up His
kingdom. The clear doctrine of His second coming to the earth is that
"this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall
so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven" (Acts
1:11 - spoken to His discples). The disciples literally saw Him
ascend up into Heaven, and there is absolutely nothing in this
statement that suggests anything less that a literal coming with a
literal seeing. Not only will believers see Him, but "Behold, he
cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which
pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him.
Even so, Amen" (Rev. 1:7).]

1888, The Time
Is At Hand, p. 76, 77

"In this
chapter we present the Bible evidence proving that the full end of
the times of the gentiles, i.e., the full end of their lease of
dominion, will be reached in A.D. 1914; and that the date will be the
farthest limit of the rule of imperfect men. And be it observed, that
if this is shown to be a fact firmly established by the Scriptures,
it will prove; Firstly, that at that date the Kingdom of God, for
which our Lord taught us to pray, saying, Thy Kingdom come, will
obtain full, universal control, and that it will then be set up, or
firmly established, in the earth, on the ruins of present
institutions." [It is part of fleshly arrogance to presume to
know that which God states no man knows. If the WTS had feared the
Lord enough to take the following verse to heart, that could have
saved themselves from much sorrow. "But of that day and hour
knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only"
(Mast. 24:26).]

1889, C.T.
Russell, Studies in the Scriptures, Vol. 2, p. 98-99

"In the
coming 26 years, all present governments will be overthrown and
dissolved." [What foolishness this prediction manifests; what
deception! Even more incredible is that no matter how many time
predictions like these have failed, multitude still continue to place
their implicit trust in the WTS organization, whose claim to such
worthiness (of trust) is based on her self-proclaimed but disproven
prophet - of - God status.]

1894; Zion's
Watchtower, Can It Be Delayed until 1914? C. T. Russell July 15,
1894, Also in Watchtower Reprints, l894 p. 1677)

".. They
are, we believe, God's dates, not ours. But bear in mind that the end
of 1914 is not the date for the beginning, but for the end of the
time of trouble." [The reader will take note of the many
affirmations of the Heavenly sourse of their pronouncements, and then
compare them with later attempts to try to deliver themselves from
guilt.]

1894; Watchtower
p. 56

"A few more
years will wind up the present order of things, and then the
chastened world will stand face to face with the actual conditions of
the established Kingdom of God. And yet the course of the Church is
to be finished within the space of time that intervenes."

1897; C.T.
Russell, Studies in the Scriptures, IV, p. 622

"Complete
destruction of the 'powers that be' of 'this present evil worlds -
political, financial, ecclesiastical - about the close of the Time of
the Gentiles; October A.D. 1914."

1902; The Time
Is At Hand, 1902 edition, p. 99

"In view of
this strong Bible evidence concerning the Times of the Gentiles, we
consider it an established truth that the final end of the kingdoms
of this world, and the full establishment of the kingdom of God, will
be accomplished by the end of A.D. 1914."

1908; The Time
Is At Hand; 1889; 1908 ed.; p. 99

"In view of
this strong Bible evidence concerning the Times of the Gentiles, we
consider it an established truth that the final end of the kingdoms
of this world, and the full establishment of the Kingdom of God, will
be accomplished at the end of A. D. 1914." "True, it is
expecting great things to claim, as we do, that within the coming
twenty-six years all present governments will be overthrown and
dissolved." [Like setting a clock ahead in the spring (in
America), the WTS sets it's eschatological (end times) clock ahead
with seeming ease.]

1908, The Time
is at Hand, Studies in the Scriptures, Vol. 2, p. 101

"...the
'battle of the great day of God Almighty' (Rev. 16:14), which will
end in A.D. 1914 with the complete overthrow of earth's present
rulership is already commenced." ["No comparison" to
Rev. 19 - 20]

1913; The Watch
Tower..., March 15, 1913, p. 667

Intelligence:
Russell provides his insight into determining the intelligence of a
being. "Stand a man alongside of a dog. Look at their heads. The
one slopes back; there is no place for the intellectual qualities at
all, or at least a very small place for the thinking apparatus man
has. He has more brain than the dog. If we could make a dog with the
same head as a man, he would think the same as a man" [Though
not directly related to prophetic claims, such statements reveal that
their "wisdom" is most assuredly not "from above,"
despite what the WTS has implied and claimed for founder Russell and
itself (see 1922; Watch Tower, May 1, p. 132).]

1914; Watchtower
Reprints, VI, May 1, 1914, p. 5450

"There is
absolutely no ground for Bible students to question that the
consummation of this Gospel age is now even at the door, and that it
will end as the Scriptures foretell in a great time of trouble such
as never was since there was a nation. We see the participants in
this great crisis banding themselves together… The great
crisis, the great clash, symbolically represented as a fire, that
will consume the ecclesiastical heavens and the social earth, is very
near." [Ground-less prediction and spiritualization]

Making provision
for failure. As 1914 draws to a close, the false prognostications of
the WTS seek to make some room whereby they make extricate themselves
from the hole they have dug. Despite claims of "Bible evidence
proving," it to be "an established truth" that the
full establishment of the Kingdom of God, will be accomplished at the
end of A. D. 1914," they now disclaim such positive assertions.
Yet were not those supposedly God's dates, not ours."

1914;
Watchtower, November 1, 1914, p. 325

"Studying
God's Word, we have measured the 2520 years, the seven symbolic
times, from that year 606 B.C. and have found that it reached down to
October, 1914, as nearly as we were able to reckon. We did not say
positively that this would be the year."

After 1914:
Adaptive revisionist editing

1915; C.T.
Russell, Pastor Russell's Sermons, p. 676; sometime during World War
I

"The
present great war in Europe is the beginning of the Armageddon of the
Scriptures Rev 19:16-20). It will eventuate in the complete overthrow
of all the systems of error which have so long oppressed the people
of God and deluded the world. We believe the present war cannot last
much longer until revolutions shall break out." [Read Rev.
19:16-20 and that that which follows: judge for yourself whether this
has happened with the resultant Kingdom being manifested.]

1915; The Time
Is At Hand, 1915 edition, p. 99

"In view of
this strong Bible evidence concerning the Times of the Gentiles, we
consider it an established truth that the final end of the kingdoms
of this world, and the full establishment of the kingdom of God, will
be accomplished near the end of A.D. 1915. [This prediction is no
more "an established truth" than the one for 1914 was, and
likewise it shall utterly fail to materialize then.]

1915 The Time Is
At Hand; 1889; 1915 ed.; p. 101

".. the
'battle of the great day of God Almighty' (Rev. 16:14), which will
end in A.D. 1915, with the complete overthrow of the earth's present
rulership, is already commenced."

1915; The Time
Is At Hand, 1915 edition, p. 242

"The
Gentile Times” prove that the present governments must all be
overturned about the close of A.D. 1915

1916 The Time Is
at Hand, page ii, (forward)

"The Bible
chronology herein presented shows that the six great 1000 year days
beginning with Adam are ended, and that the great 7th Day, the 1000
years of Christ's Reign, began in 1873."

1916; Russell
dies October 31 while traveling on a train in Texas,

Moving the
clocks ahead - again:

9-1-1916;
Watchtower Reprints, VI, p. 5950

We see no reason
for doubting, therefore, that the Times of the Gentiles ended in
October, 1914; and that a few more years will witness their utter
collapse and the full establishment of God's kingdom in the hands of
Messiah."

1917; Studies In
The Scriptures, Vol 7, The Finished Mystery, p. 128

'No doubt Satan
believed the Millennial Kingdom was due to be set-up in 1915...Be
that as it may, there is evidence that the establishment of the
Kingdom in Palestine will probably be in 1925, ten years later than
we once calculated.'

1917; The
Finished Mystery, 1917 edition, p. 258

"And the
mountains were not found. Even the republics will disappear in the
fall of 1920. And the mountains were not found. Every kingdom of
earth will pass away, be swallowed up in anarchy."

1917; The
Finished Mystery, 1917 edition, p. 485

Also, in the
year 1918, when God destroys the churches wholesale and the church
members by million, it shall be that any that escape shall come to
the works of Pastor Russell to learn the meaning of the downfall of
Christianity. [Instead, after WW1, the evangelical church continued
to worship and send out missionaries, to the dismay of the WTS ].

Moving back:

1918 Millions
Now Living Will Never Die, page 89, 90

"Therefore
we may confidently expect that 1925 will mark the return of Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob and the faithful prophets of old, particularly those
named by the Apostle in Hebrews 11, to the condition of human
perfection." [The WTS even bought a mansion in San Diego for
which to house the Old Testament saints once they returned in 1925

1920; Millions
Now Living Will Never Die. p. 97

Then, based upon
the promises set forth in the divine Word, we must reach the positive
and indisputable conclusion that millions now living will never die."

3-1-1922; The
Watchtower

"The
indisputable facts, therefore, show that the "time of the end"
began in 1799; that the Lord's second presence began in 1874."
[Again, the Bible knows nothing of a "second secret presence,"
rather He has always been present in His believers ("Christ in
you" - Col. 1:27; cf. Eph. 3:14), and His second coming will be
just as literal and real as His departure (Acts 1:1-11; Rev. 1:7).]

7-15 1922;
Watchtower p. 217)

"This
chronology is not of man, but of God. Being of divine origin and
divinely corroborated, present-truth chronology stands in a class by
itself, absolutely and unqualifiedly correct...."

1922; Watch
Tower, May 1, 1922, p. 132

There is no one
in present truth today who can honestly say that he received a
knowledge of the divine plan from any source other than by the
ministry of Brother Russell, either directly or indirectly."
[This dishonest statement is easily shown to be contrary to both
Scripture and history.]

9-1-1922; The
Watchtower page 262.

"The date
1925 is even more distinctly indicated by the Scriptures than 1914."

1923; Watch
Tower, March 1, p. 68

We believe that
all who are now rejoicing in present truth will concede that Brother
Russell faithfully filled the office of special servant of the Lord;
and that he was made ruler over all the Lord's goods."

4-1-1923; The
Watchtower, page 106 .

"Our
thought is, that 1925 is definitely settled by the Scriptures. As to
Noah, the Christian now has much more upon which to base his faith
than Noah had upon which to base his faith in a coming deluge."

7-15-1924; The
Watchtower, p. 211

"The year
1925 is a date definitely and clearly marked in the Scriptures, even
more clearly than that of 1914."

________________________________________________________________

Maybe not so
"positive and indisputable," "definitely and clearly
marked:"

1-1-1925; The
Watchtower, page. 3.

"The year
1925 is here. With great expectation Christians have looked forward
to this year. Many have confidently expected that all members of the
body of Christ will be changed to heavenly glory during this year.
This may be accomplished. It may not be. In his own due time God will
accomplish his purposes concerning his people. Christians should not
be so deeply concerned about what may transpire this year."
[After so many solemn assurances that no doubt were useful to
motivate it's soldiers to greater consecration, the WTS now seeks to
provide for itself a way of escape, as past failed predictions haunt
them.]

9-1-1925; The
Watchtower, p. 262

"It is to
be expected that Satan will try to inject into the minds of the
consecrated the thought that 1925 should see an end of the work....
Diligence now and to the end seems absolutely essential to victory."

After 1925:

8-1-1926, The
Watchtower, , p. 232

"Some
anticipated that the work would end in 1925, but the Lord did not
state so. The difficulty was that the friends inflated their
imaginations beyond reason; and that when their imaginations burst
asunder, they were inclined to throw away everything."
["Deceitful workers" (2Cor. 11:13). Having themselves cried
"fire," they now blame their adherents for letting go of
non-essentials. Enough to make a conniving lawyer proud].

1928;
Reconciliation, p. 14

"... the
Pleiades is the place of the eternal throne of God."

1929; Prophecy;
1,589,000 ed.; p. 89

Many of such had
been looking for the Lord to come and take them to heaven, and had
particularly fixed the year 1914 as when this should be done. The
year 1914 was a marked date; but these had merely contemplated
something to happen which did not come to pass. [Unmistakable
assurances are now labeled mee contemplations! Is this speaking truth
in ones heart (Ps. 15:2)?]

Overtime:

1930; J.F.
Rutherford, Light, II, 1930 p. 327

"The great
climax is at hand. The kings of earth now set themselves against his
anointed Stone."

1931; Golden
Age, February 4, pp. 293-94

Vaccinations are
called a "great evil." "Vaccination has never saved a
human life. It does not prevent smallpox." [This great
scientific fact by the supposed "faithful and wise servant"
of Jehovah is later refuted out of necessity by the same (see 1965;
Awake! August 22, p. 20.]

1931;
Vindication, Book I, 1931 ed., pp. 338, 339

"There was
a measure of disappointment on the part of Jehovah's faithful ones on
earth concerning the years 1914, 1918, and 1925, which disappointment
lasted for a time....they also learned to quit fixing dates..."
[Not quite; though no specific date for Armageddon was given until
1975 was quite strongly implied, many "immediately before
Armageddon" type statements were made that worked similar false
expectations.]

1931; J. F.
Rutherford, Vindication, Vol. I, p. 147

"God's
kingdom has begun to operate. His day of vengeance is here and
Armageddon is at hand and certain to fall upon Christendom and that
within an early date. God's judgment is upon Christendom and must
shortly be executed." [Jesus said, "with what judgment ye
judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be
measured to you again." We are commanded to judge (Jn. 7:24;
1Cor. 5:12) within the degree given us, as well as to "earnestly
contend for the faith" (Jude 3) as we do here but not out of
self righteousness or hypocritically but according to God's Word. But
if our motive is to establish ourselves by denigrating others, and or
judge unrighteously, then we can expect the same degree of severity
we unrighteously visited on them. It is typical of cults to make
merchandise of the legitimate faults of others (esp. Christians) and
invent others, while they themselves teach and practice unBiblical
doctrines and practices. Meanwhile, unlike true men and women of God,
they seldom are wiling or able to receive just criticism or tolerate
honest examination, and often resort to intimidation when challenged
with it.]

1938; Face the
Facts, 1938, p. 46, 47, 50

Those... who now
contemplate marriage, it would seem, would do better if they wait a
few years, until the fiery storm of Armageddon is gone."

1938; Watchtower
Feb. 15, p. 54

"They had
preached that in an early time God would overthrow "Christendom."
Many had emphasized the year 1925 as the date, and then when that
date did not materialize the date was moved up to 1932. Again, 1932
came and ''Christendom'' was not destroyed, and now it was discovered
that "Christendom" would be spared for a while longer for
the sake of the Jonadab class, and this made the proud "elective
elder" crowd very mad." [What was discovered long ago was
that out of the WTS flows deception like a leakey faucet. According
to the false doctrine of the WTS, only 14,000 (see Rev. 7:4) are born
again and go to Heaven to be with the Lord, while a second "Jonadab
class" ("other sheep") make up the "great crowd"
of Rev. 7:9. They claim that souls in this category are not born
again, cannot go to be with Jehovah in Heaven, but hope to survive
Armageddon to live on paradise earth. However, it is systematically
clear in the Bible that it is impossible to even see the Kingdom of
God unless one is born again (Jn. 3:3-7), and that whoever truly
believes on the Lord Jesus Christ is born of the Spirit of Christ
(Acts 2:38; 10:34-47; 15:7-9; Eph. 1:13), and are already
positionally in His kingdom (Col. 1:13), and that those who leave
this life in the faith shall "ever be with the Lord"
(1Thes. 4:17). Their latter statement (above) concerning proud elders
was probably an attempt to denigrate those who left the WTS after
being hyped and disappointed once too many.]

1938;
Watchtower, Nov. 1, p. 324

"...mark
the words of Jesus, which definitely seem to discourage the bearing
of children immediately before or during Armageddon....It would
therefore appear that there is no reasonable or scriptural injunction
to bring children into the world immediately before Armageddon, where
we now are." [This exhortation makes it clear that the
expectation of an "at hand" coming of the Lord, is not as
an historical constant, as if written for generations to come, but is
one in the immediate sense, as in the next few years (of child
bearing ability. Nor is it simply a warning of impending trouble such
as the church has experienced, but nothing less than that of
Armageddon is expected.]

Face The Facts,
pp 46, 50

If this
conclusion is Scripturally correct, then it would mean that those men
and women forming the 'great multitude' will marry and bring forth
children in righteousness and unto life....Would it be Scripturally
proper for them to now marry and to begin to rear children? No, is
the answer, which is supported by the Scriptures....Those Jonadabs
who now contemplate marriage, it would seem, would do better if they
wait a few years, until the fiery storm of Armageddon is gone, and to
then enter the marital relationship and enjoy the blessings of
participating in filling the earth with righteous and perfect
children" (pp. 46, 50).

1939; Salvation,
1939, p. 311

At San Deigo,
California, there is a small piece of land, on which, in the year
1929 there was built a house, which is called and known as Beth
Sarim. The Hebrew words Beth Sarim mean 'House of the Princes'; and
the purpose of acquiring that property and building the house was
that there are those on earth today who fully believe in God and
Christ Jesus and in His Kingdom, and who believe that the faithful
men of old will soon be resurrected by the Lord, be back on earth,
and take charge of the visible affairs of earth. The title to Beth
Sarim is vested in the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society in trust,
to be used by the president of the Society and his assistants for the
present, and thereafter to be forever at the disposal of the
aforementioned princes on the earth..

1940; Informant,
April, 1940, p. 1

"The year
1940 is certain to be the most important year yet because Armageddon
is very near. It behooves all who love righteousness to put forth
every effort to advertise The Theocracy while the privileges are
still open."

1940; The
Messenger, Sept. 1940, p. 6

The Kingdom is
here, the King is enthroned. Armageddon is just ahead. The glorious
reign of Christ that shall bring blessings to the world will
immediately follow. Therefore the great climax has been reached.
Tribulation has fallen upon those who stand by the Lord.")
[While "the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on Him [Jesus
Christ] shall not be ashamed" (Rom. 10:11), the opposite is true
for those who believe the Watch Tower Society (sadly). This latest
manipulation of Scripture to predict the WTS Armageddon will also
fail].

1942;
Watchtower, April 1, p. 139

"Now, with
Armageddon immediately before us, it is a matter of life or
destruction. Those who would be of the Lords other sheep that shall
compose the great multitude of Armageddon survivors and live joyfully
on earth forever must find the answer to a very personal question,
and very important." (Watchtower, April 1, 1942, p. 139)

1943; "The
Truth Shall Make you Free, p. 285, 1943 edition

"Man on
earth can no more get rid of these demonic 'heavens' than man can by
airplane or rockets or other means get up above the air envelope
which is about our earthly globe and in which man breathes."
[Neither the science or the prophetic blunders of the WTS can set
anyone free.]

1946; Let God Be
True, 1946, p. 194)

"the
disaster of Armageddon, greater than that which befell Sodom and
Gomorrah, is at the door."

1953; New
Heavens And A New Earth; 1953; p. 7

"After
almost six thousand years of human sorrow, suffering and death, at
last permanent relief is near at hand and will be realized within
this generation."

1961;
Watchtower, April 15, p. 236.

"The
foretold events having begun A.D. 1914, the generation of mankind
that is still alive from that year is the generation meant by Jesus
Christ.... We, then, are the generation that will not pass away till
there is fulfilled that 'great tribulation such as has not occurred
since the world's beginning until now, no, nor will occur again.'
[Until further revision (as needed), the basic WTS stance is that
Armageddon will come within the time span of the generation of 1914.
The problem with that, in addition to having no real Biblical
support, is how long is a generation? Biblically, it could be 40
years (as in the wilderness experience of Israel) or 70 to 80 years
(Ps. 90), or conceivably till the last person living in 1914 was
dead. At any rate, it served them well, for they can always use a
"the next few years" expectation with that window. Of
course, we who believe the Bible and have been born of the Spirit of
God by repentance and faith directly in the Son of God do believe
Jesus will come back as promised. That Biblical fact is what the WTS
(by the devil who knows the Bible and that his end will come) seeks
to manipulate people by to their own gain. But an examination of what
Christ promised and to whom He promised eternal life reveals that the
WTS are clearly "doing their own thing" to the hurt of
many.]

1965; Awake!
August 22, p. 20

Vaccination:
"There can be little doubt that vaccinations appear to have
caused a marked decrease in... contagious diseases," including
"smallpox" and "polio." [See the contrary
statement in 1931; Golden Age, February 4, pp. 293-94.]

1966; Life
Everlasting in Freedom of the Sons of God, 1966, p. 29-30

"According
to this trustworthy Bible chronology six thousand years from man's
creation will end in 1975, and the seventh period of a thousand years
of human history will begin in the fall of 1975 C.E. Six thousand
years of man's existence on earth will soon be up, yea within this
generation. The rein of Christ...to run parallel with the 7th
millennium ..." [[True to form, when expectations failed (and
likely served their purpose), the WTS went back to the drawing board
and came up with a way out, that of calculating from Adam. This means
of predicting the end of this present world system by dating from
Adam is nothing new for the WTS organization: their founder, Charles
Taze Russell taught in his study, "The Time is at Hand,"
Pg. 54, that 6,000 years from the creation of Adam were complete with
A.D. 1872." Now almost a 100 years later it is used again. Of
course, this present world system will indeed come to an end when the
Lord returns, and others have used various means of calculation to
predict an end of a 6,000 year reign of fallen man. Though there is a
principle in Scripture that reveals the number 7 denoting completion,
we do not know for sure how long man has reigned on the earth. And in
any case, we are not to dishonor the Lord by setting dates as Bible
truth. The devil surely rejoices at every such false enticement and
resultant failure, as it offers man, who is by nature in rebellion to
God and looks for an excuse, a seemingly valid one not to believe. In
contrast, the Bible, being always a book of balance and whose truth
transcends time, is written to be relevant for all generations, and
states the reality of Christ second coming in such a way that every
generation should be ready for it, and therefore never sets dates for
His return. It does however, set forth events indicative of His
coming, both literal and symbolic, in which should be allowed a
certain measure of interpretation. The fault of the WTS is that
because their doctrine of who Christ is and how men are saved are
clearly contrary to the Bible, so their means of interpretation of
end time events are spurious, and their claim and exercise of
authority unwarranted by Scripture.]

1957;
Watchtower, May 1, p. 274

"If we are
to walk in the light of truth we must recognize not only Jehovah God
as our Father but his organization as our mother.... Today, also, God
requires and exacts from his children obedience honor and respect.
These must be rendered not only to the living God himself, but to his
wifely organization as well." [The application of this was one
of intolerance for honest objectivity that required disagreement with
the WTS, strict separation from Christians and Bible ministries, with
the real threat of expulsion for those who even went inside Christian
bookstores.

1/5/1967;
Watchtower, , p 262

"Just
think, 1975 marks the end of 6,000 years of human experience.....Will
it be the time when God executes the wicked?....It very well could
be, but we will have to wait to see.' [Cognizant of the shadow of
past failures and the numerous exposures that have followed, they now
temper their normal assurance of certain soon consummation, with a
"wait and see" statement. But will this serve their ends
for spreading their false gospel with it's distorted teaching of
Christ's coming? Will they resist firing up the troops once again
with an unwarranted expectation of Christ's return on certain date?]

1/5/1968;
Watchtower,

"The
immediate future is certain to be filled with climatic events, for
this old system is nearing its complete end. Within a few years at
most the final parts of Bible prophecy relative to these last days
will undergo fulfillment resulting in the liberation of surviving
mankind into Christ's glorious 1000 year reign!"

1968; Watchtower
May 1, p. 271

Eight years from
the Autumn of 1967 would bring us to the Autumn of 1975, fully 6,000
years into God's seventh day, his rest day.

1968;
Watchtower, Aug. 15, 1968, p. 494

"Why Are
You Looking Forward To 1975?" … "What about all this
talk concerning the year 1975? Lively discussions, some based on
speculation, have burst into flame during recent months among serious
students of the Bible. Their interest has been kindled by the belief
that 1975 will mark the end of 6,000 years of human history since
Adam's creation.The nearness of such an important date indeed fires
the imagination and presents unlimited possibilities for discussion."

10-8-1968;
Awake, p. 23

"True,
there have been those in times past who predicted an 'end to the
world,' even announcing a specific date.... Yet, nothing happened.
The 'end' did not come. They were guilty of false prophesying. Why?
What was missing?.... Missing from such people were God's truths and
the evidence that he was guiding and using them." [Here, the WTS
reproves unnamed false prophets, when their history clearly reveals
that they supremely fit that description!]. "... But what about
today? Today we have the evidence required, all of it. And it is
overwhelming! All the many, many parts of the great sign of the last
days are here, together with verifying Bible chronology."

1969; Kingdom
Ministry, June , p. 3

"in view of
the short time left, a decision to pursue a career in this system of
things is not only unwise but extremely dangerous....Many young
brothers and sisters were offered scholarship or employment that
promised fine pay. However, they turned them down and put spiritual
interests first."

1969;
Watchtower, Nov. 15, p. 622

More recently
earnest researchers of the Holy Bible have made a recheck of its
chronology. According to their calculations the six millennium of
mankind's life on earth would end in the mid-seventies.

1971; The
Nations Shall Know That I Am Jehovah; 1971; 2nd ed.; p. 216

"Shortly,
within our twentieth century, the "battle in the day of Jehovah"
will begin against the modern antitype of Jerusalem, Christendom."

1974; Kingdom
Ministry, May 1974, p. 3

"Yes, the
end of this system is so very near! Is that not reason to increase
our activity?...Reports are heard of brothers selling their homes and
property and planning to finish out the rest of their days in this
old system in the pioneer service. Certainly this is a fine way to
spend the short time remaining before the wicked world's end."
[Those heroes of that day who exampled true faith in the WTS will be
chastened later as mistaken, as the deceiver (the WTS) distances
itself from the deceived.]

1974;
Watchtower, July 1, p 397

We can now see
the political rulers... being gathered... for that War of all
wars....' [The only that came close was "Saddam's "Mother
of all Wars" in 1991]

Damage
control

1975; Man's
Salvation Out Of World Distress At Hand; 1975; p. 98

However,
suddenly, there came an end to World War 1. It did not lead on, as
Bible students expected, into world revolution and anarchy or the
battle of Armageddon. And the sincere worshippers of Jehovah who were
in the new covenant with him through his Mediator Jesus Christ, found
themselves still in the flesh on the earth.

1976;
Watchtower, July 15, p. 440

"It may be
that some who have been serving God have planned their lives
according to a mistaken view of just what was to happen on a certain
date or in a certain year. They may have, for this reason, put off or
neglected things that they otherwise would have cared for. But they
have missed the point of the Bibles warnings concerning the end of
this system of things, thinking that Bible chronology reveals the
specific date." [Such a statement in the light of the above (see
Kingdom Ministry, May 1974, p. 3.), in all it's pretentious innocence
displays such a contemptable arrogance, insolence and overall deceit
that one cannot help but feel pity for the poor deceived souls who
supremely exampled what the words of the WTS exhorted, only to be
shamed later by the leadership they devoutly, but erroneously
believed.]

1979; Choosing
The Best Way Of Life; 1979; p. 169

Partly because
of eagerness to be alive when Jesus Christ reveals himself in glory,
there have been believers throughout the centuries who began looking
for a particular period or a year for the windup of the ungodly
system of things. this has happened right down to these "last
days." Since certain expectations were not realized, many
stumbled and returned to the ways of the world. In fulfillment of
Peter's words, even today we hear the voice of ridiculers. (2 Peter
3:3,4). [As before (see 1938; Watchtower Feb. 15, p. 54), no doubt
these words no doubt were written to explain the "apostasy"
of those who had been mislead one too many, and hopefully, had found
real salvation and leadership directly in the Lord Jesus Christ
Himself.]

1979; The
Watchtower; March 1, 1979; p. 24

"Because of
this hope, the "faithful and discreet slave" has alerted
all of God's people to the sign of the times indicating the nearness
of God's Kingdom rule. In this regard, however, it must be observed
that this "faithful and discreet slave" was never inspired,
never perfect. Those writings by certain members of the "slave"
class that came to form the Christian part of God's Word were
inspired and infallible, but that is not true of other writings
since." [An amazing, but necessary admission. But despite this
disclaimer, the reality is that adherents of the WTS are intimidated
to implicitly trust their leadership as if infallible. Their
leaderships own words, as well as testimony from those who escaped
their manipulations, abundant manifests this fact.]

1980; The
Watchtower, Oct. 15, p. 31

"If the
wicked system of this world survived until the turn of the century,
which is highly improbable in view of world trends and the
fulfillment of Bible prophecy, there would still be survivors of the
World War I generation. However, the fact that their number is
dwindling is one more indication that "the conclusion of the
system of things" is moving fast toward its end." [The year
2000 has come and gone, and by now, one is more assured that what the
WTS declares as probable (regarding a specific date) is improbable,
and what they declare as improbable, likely is.]

1982; You Can
Live Forever In Paradise On Earth, p 154,

"Jesus
said: 'This generation will by no means pass away until all these
things [including the end of this system] occur.' (Matthew 24:34, 14)
Which generation did Jesus mean? He meant the generation of people
who were living in 1914. Those persons yet remaining of that
generation are now very old. However, some of them will still be
alive to see the end of this wicked system. So of this we can be
certain: Shortly now there will be a sudden end to all wickedness and
wicked people at Armageddon." [While there are no Biblical
grounds for the WTS nonsense of 1914 being "that generation,"
it is warranted that the generation the Lord spoke of was the one
that "shall see all these things" (Mt. 23:33), the events
and conditions described before the quoted verse.]

1984; The
Watchtower, March 1, pp. 18-19

Some of that
"generation (of 1914)" could survive until the end of the
century. But there are many indications that "the end" is
much closer than that!

1989;
Watchtower, Jan. 1, p. 12

"The
apostle Paul was spearheading the Christian missionary activity. He
was also laying a foundation for a work that would be completed in
our 20th century." [in the bound volume the WTS changed "20th
century" to "day."]

1989; The
Watchtower; Dec. 15, p. 6

They have a
modern Governing Body of older Christian men from various parts of
the earth who give needed oversight to the worldwide activities of
God's people. these men, like the apostles and older men in Jerusalem
in the first century, are anointed members of the faithful and
discreet slave class designated by Jesus to care for all of his
Kingdom interests here upon earth. History has proved that they can
be trusted to follow the direction of the holy spirit and that they
do not rely on human wisdom in teaching the flock of God the ways of
genuine peace. [If history has proved anything it is that the WTS
leadership cannot be trusted and that the spirit that they are led by
is definitely NOT the Holy Spirit of God.]

1990; The
Watchtower; 4/15/1990; p. 27)

Adult Christians
too can be disappointed, and this has in some cases led to spiritual
disaster. Some set their hope on a date when they were sure
Armageddon would come. When nothing happened on that day, they felt
let down.

1995 "Why
Awake is Published" [before Nov 8th 1995] Most important, this
magazine builds confidence in the Creator's promise of a peaceful and
secure new world before the generation that saw the events of 1914
passes away." [After Nov. 8 1995 reference to '1914 generation'
deleted] "Most important, this magazine builds confidence in the
Creator's promise of a peaceful and secure world that is about to
replace the present wicked, lawless system of things."

1972 "Does
this admission of making mistakes stamp them [Watchtower] as false
prophets? Not at all, for false prophets do not admit to making
mistakes." (Watchtower, Nov. 1, 1972, p. 644)

The Watchtower,
12-1-81, p. 27

"Jehovah
God has also provided his visible organization, his 'faithful and
discreet slave,' made up of spirit-anointed ones, to help Christians
in all nations to understand and apply properly the Bible in their
lives. Unless we are in touch with this channel of communication that
God is using, we will not progress along the road to life, no matter
how much Bible reading we do."

Likewise, the
WTS led it's adherents to believe that Armageddon would occur by
September 1975

"Therefore,
God's seventh day and the time man has been on earth apparently run
parallel. To calculate where man is in the stream of time relative to
God's seventh day of 7,000 years, we need to determine how long a
time has elapsed from the year of Adam and Eve's creation in 4026
B.C.E. ....Thus, eight years remain to account for a full 6,000 years
of the seventh day. Eight years from the autumn of 1967 would bring
us to the autumn of 1975, fully 6,000 years into God's seventh day,
his rest day." (The Watchtower, 5-1-68, p. 271)

"Yes, the
end of this system is so very near! Is that not reason to increase
our activity?...Reports are heard of brothers selling their homes and
property and planning to finish out the rest of their days in this
old system in the pioneer service. Certainly this is a fine way to
spend the short time remaining before the wicked world's end."
(Kingdom Ministry, May 1974, p. 3)

After September
1975

"Does this
mean, then, that mankind has not reached 6,000 years into the
7,000-year period that God 'blessed and made sacred' as his great
'rest day'? Does it mean that Christ's millennial Kingdom rule, as
the final 1,000 years of that 'rest day,' is to be reckoned from
September 1975?-Gen. 1:27, 31; 2:2,3; Rev. 20:1-6. No, it does not
mean that. Why not? Well, the Bible record shows that God's creations
on the 'day' just preceding that 7,000-year 'rest day' did not end
with Adam's creation. It shows a time lapse between the creation of
Adam and that of his wife, Eve. During that time, God had Adam name
the animals. Whether that period amounted to weeks or months or
years, we do not know. So we do not know exactly when Jehovah's great
'rest day' began, nor do we know exactly when it will end. The same
applies to the beginning of Christ's millennial reign." (The
Watchtower, 10-1-75, p. 579)

"Although
the time of Adam's creation can be determined, the beginning of God's
'rest day' cannot. This is so because there was a time lapse of
unspecified length between Adam's creation and the creation of Eve.
Not until after the creation of Eve did God's 'rest day' begin. The
start of that day being unknown, its end is likewise unknown."
(The Watchtower, 1-1-76, p. 30)

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"Thus
saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets
that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of
their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD" (Jeremiah
23:16).

"Then
said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now,
Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people
to trust in a lie." (Jeremiah 28:15).

Quote: "Only
this organization functions for Jehovah's purpose and to his praise.
To it alone God's Sacred Word, the Bible, is not a sealed book."
The Watchtower; July 1, 1973, pp. 402.

Quote: "Thus
the Bible is an organizational book and belongs to the Christian
congregation as an organization, not to individuals, regardless of
how sincerely they may believe that they can interpret the Bible."
The Watchtower, Oct. 1, 1967. p. 587.

Quote: "We
all need help to understand the Bible, and we cannot find the
Scriptural guidance we need outside the ‘faithful and discreet
slave' organization." (The Watchtower, Feb. 15, 1981.)

Quote: "From
time to time, there have arisen from among the ranks of Jehovah's
people those, who, like the original Satan, have adopted an
independent, faultfinding attitude...They say that it is sufficient
to read the Bible exclusively, either alone or in small groups at
home. But, strangely, through such ‘Bible reading,' they have
reverted right back to the apostate doctrines that commentaries by
Christendom's clergy were teaching 100 years ago..." The
Watchtower, August 15, 1981. [Strange indeed, that while the Bible
commends those who search the Scripture to find out whether the thing
that (even) the apostles themselves were true (Acts 17:11), and calls
us to prove all things, and reprove falsehood, and that both the Lord
and His apostles were open to challenges, the WTS disallows such
searching if it reveals them to be in error, and historically will
not engage in public debate. In is not surprising that when freed
from the pressure of WTS manipulations, honest God-fearing seekers of
truth should be enlightened to see the "faith once delivered to
the saints, not simply 100 but 2,000 years ago. And considering the
record of the WTS, it is not suprisg that they would refuse to
recognize the distinction between the "faultfinding" of
some who have a contentious spirit, versus those who in all good
conscience cannot abide with the (WTS) teachings that are clearly
contrary to Scripture, and an organization that presumes an authority
they are manifestly unworthy of.

Quote: All who
want to understand the Bible should appreciate that the "greatly
diversified wisdom of God" can become known only through
Jehovah's channel of communication, the faithful and discreet slave.
The Watchtower; 10/1/1994; p. 8.

“A
faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies”
Prov. 14:5). The WTS falsities neither begin nor end with explicitly
false predictions, and here their founder first uses the world's
system to deal with Scriptural spiritual reproof, and then perjures
himself in court by lying about his ability to know Greek (the
original language of New Testament manuscripts).

Charles
Taze Russell goes to court:

Watchtower
founder, Charles Taze Russell once sued a Baptist pastor, Rev. J.J.
Ross for libel after the minister published a tract entitled, Some
facts about the Self-Styled "Pastor" Russell<>
(Kingdom of the Cults, pp. 42-44).

According to a
New York newspaper, The Brooklyn Eagle, (11 January 1913, p. 7) Rev.
Ross, the pastor of the James Street Baptist Church of Hamilton,
Ontario, accused Russell among other charges of teaching, "the
destructive doctrines of one man who was neither a scholar nor a
theologian," (Ibid).

Russell's
attorney was none other that Joseph F. Rutherford who was to become
the Society's next president after Russell's death in 1916.

Russell lost
this case and was unable to prove libel in Rev. Ross's accusations
that Russell, "...never attended the higher schools of learning;
knows comparatively nothing of philosophy, systematic or historical
theology and is totally ignorant of the dead languages," (Ibid;
emphasis added).

A portion from
the legal transcript reveals a small amount of the overwhelming
evidence that helped Rev. Ross win in court.

The following is
taken from the transcript as Rev. Ross's attorney, Mr. Staunton
cross-examining C.T. Russell in the case Russell v. Ross.

Question:
(Attorney Staunton) "Do you know the Greek Alphabet?"

Answer:
(Russell) "Oh yes."

Question:
(Staunton) "Can you tell me the correct letters if you see
them?"

Answer:
(Russell) "Some of them, I might make a mistake on some of
them."

Question:
(Staunton) "Would you tell me the names of those on top of the
page, page 447 I have got here?"

Answer:
(Russell) "Well, I don't know that I would be able to."

Question:
(Staunton) "You can't tell what those letters are, look at them
and see if you know?"

Answer:
(Russell) "My way ..." [he was interrupted at this point
and not allowed to explain]

Question:
(Staunton) "Are you familiar with the Greek language?"

Answer:
(Russell) "No."

(Ibid, p. 44).

Russell first
claimed to know the greek alphabet, then when challenged stated he
just knew, "some of them" and may make mistakes on some
other letters, but when made to face Greek letters themselves,
Russell admitted that he did not know Greek – which was one of
the main points of Ross's supposedly "libellous" pamphlet.

Like most cults,
honest disagreement and discussion of possible fallacies are little
tolerated, as many a former Jehovah's witness have testified, and is
substantiated by many official statements. The following is actual
testimony from the Dough Walsh v. James Latham Clyde trial that was
held in the Scottish Court of Sessions in November 1954. In an
attempt by the Watchtower Society to establish before the British
court that certain of its members were ordained ministers (and
therefore exempt from military service), certain high ranking leaders
of the Society testified it it's defense. Among them were WTS
vice-president Fred Franz and legal counsel for the Society, Haydon
C. Covington. In this portion of
testimony, the following admissions by Mr. Covington are made in
response to questioning from the attorney for the Ministry of Labour
and National Service.

Q. Back to the
point now. A false prophesy was promulgated?

A. I agree that.

Q. It had to be
accepted by Jehovah's Witnesses?

A. That is
correct.

Q. If a member
of Jehovah's Witnesses took the view himself that that prophesy was
wrong and said so he would be disfellowshipped?

A. Yes, if he
said so and kept persisting in creating trouble, because if the whole
organisation believes one thing, even though it be erroneous and
somebody else starts on his own trying to put his ideas across then
there is disunity and trouble, there cannot be harmony, there cannot
be marching. When a change comes it should come from the proper
source, the head of the organisation, the governing body, not from
the bottom upwards, because everybody would have ideas, and the
organisation would disintegrate and go in a thousand different
directions. Our purpose is to have unity.

Q. Unity at all
costs?

A. Unity at all
costs, because we believe and are sure that Jehovah God is using our
organisation, the governing body of our organisation to direct it,
even though mistakes are made from time to time.

Q. And unity
based upon an enforced acceptance of false prophecy?

A. That is
conceded to be true.

Q. And the
person who expressed his view, as you say, that it was wrong, and was
disfellowshipped, would be in breach of the Covenant, if he was
baptized?

A. That is
correct.

Q. And as you
said yesterday expressly, would be worthy of death?

A. I think - - -

Q. Would you say
yes or no?

A. I will answer
yes, unhesitatingly.

Q. Do you call
that religion?

A. It certainly
is.

Q. Do you call
it Christianity?

A. I certainly
do.

The
New World (mis)translation goes to court

2 Cor 4:2 “But
[we] have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in
craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by
manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's
conscience in the sight of God.

The
emperor has no clothes; The principal translator of the , WTS New
World Translation, (then) Vice President Franz, perjures himself in
court by falsely claiming he could read Hebrew.

In the same
case, WTS President Fredrick W. Franz,
like that of his original predecessor, perjured himself in testimony
concerning his professed (but not possessed) ability to read and
translate original Biblical language. This is quite relevant today,
not only because it provides another example of the prevarication of
the WTS, but because much unwarranted credence is attributed to the
“made to order” WTS New World Translation* Unlike most
other translations of the Bible (above all the KJV), this official
WTS translation of the Bible had only 5 translators, with WTS
President Franz being the only one that publicly identified himself
as such (see section following the below).

We pick up the
cross-examination of Mr Franz from Tuesday, 23rd November, 1954

"Q. Have
you also made yourself familiar with Hebrew?

"A. Yes

"Q. Do you
also know and speak Spanish, Portuguese and French?

"A.
Spanish, Portuguese and German; but I have a reading knowledge of
French.

"Q. So that
you have a substantial linguistic apparatus at your command?

"A. Yes,
for use in my Biblical work.

"Q. I think
you are able to read and follow the Bible in Hebrew, Greek, Latin,
Spanish, Portuguese, German and French?

"A. Yes.

"Q. And was
it your duty on behalf of the Society to check the translation into
English from the original Hebrew of that first volume of the Old
Testament Scriptures [New World Translation]?

"A. Yes"

(Purser's Proof
pp. 7-9).

The very next
day a simple test was put forth by government attorneys in order to
check the professed linguistic abilities of Mr. Franz:

"Q. You,
yourself, read and speak Hebrew, do you?

"A. I do
not speak Hebrew.

"Q. You do
not?

"A. No.

"Q. Can
you, yourself, translate that into Hebrew?

"A. Which?

"Q. That
fourth verse of the Second Chapter of Genesis?

"A. You
mean here?

"Q. Yes?

"A. No. I
won't attempt to do that."

(Ibid, pp.
102-03).

Both the idea of
a secret translation committee and that the only publicly identified
member (and who was responsible for the accuracy of the Old Testament
Translation) was unable to translate a simple passage from Genesis 2
into English is clearly contrary to renouncing "the hidden
things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the
word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending
ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God" (2 Cor.
4:2).

(*see
http://www.bible.ca/Jw-NWT.htm* for more material on this. References
to other sites does not imply i agree with everything they may
teach).

"we wrestle
not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places" (Eph. 6:12).

You are either
one of two spiritual conditions (dead in sins or alive in Christ),
serving one of two masters in one of two kingdoms (the Lord JESUS or
Satan, in Light or Darkness) and traveling on one of two roads (the
broad way that leads to torment in Hell or the narrow way that leads
unto everlasting life with JESUS in Heaven. How you respond to this
message will reveal which condition you are in!

The devil, whom
the Lord JESUS declared was “a murderer from the beginning”
and a liar “because there is no truth in him” (Jn. 8:44)
seeks your eternal destruction. Hating God and His character, this
malevolent, proud, arrogant, hateful and deceitful being "as a
roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" (1Pet.
5:8).

Satan has your
eternal destruction as his goal.

Though the devil
works to bring you to be a slave to sin, self, and false gods, his
ultimate goal is to keep you away from the True and Living God, from
turning to he Lord Jesus Christ from sin and receiving Him to save
you!

“But if
our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god
of this world (satan) hath blinded the minds of them which believe
not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the
image of God, should shine unto them” (2Cor. 4:3, 4).

Sin separates
you from God, and to die in your sins means you will end up in a real
place that is just the opposite of Heaven: the Lake of Fire! ”Then
shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye
cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his
angels... And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but
the righteous into life eternal” (Mat. 25:41, 46).

The devil
himself will suffer forever! “ “And the devil that
deceived them (you, if you are not saved) was cast into the Lake of
Fire and Brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and
shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.” So shall be
the end of those who choose sin over the Lord JESUS (Rev. 20:10-15;
Acts 4:12).

God wants to
save you, and spared not His own Son to do so (Rm. 8:32)!

“God is
not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to
repentance” (2Pet. 3:9). For this cause He sacrificially sent
His Only Begotten Son - JESUS, -to be the Savior of the world. It is
He “who went about doing good, and healing all that were
oppressed of the devil; for God was with him” (Acts 10:38).

“Who loved
me and gave Himself for me -” bearing all our sins in His own
body on the cross of His death, and paying for them with His own
precious, sinless blood (Gal. 2:20; cf. 1Pt. 2:24)!

It is this Jesus
that rose alive and ascended to the Father, who now stands as your
Present Savior (if you accept Him) and Future Judge (whom all must
face: Acts 10:41, 42).

You need to
repent and turn to God: “Now is the accepted time; behold, now
is the day of salvation” (2Cor. 6:2). Humble yourself as a lost
sinner in the sight of God, and cast away any idea that you can be
accepted into Heaven because of some goodness you think you have, and
pray to the Lord JESUS to save you on His account: “In whom we
have redemtion through His blood.” “Not by works of
righteousness, but according to his mercy..” (Col. 1:7; Titus
3:5). “He that cometh to Me i will in no wise cast out.”
“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and
shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead,
thou shalt be saved” (Jn. 6:37; Rom. 10:9).

This is your
Eternal Choice.

God will save
you only because of JESUS when you truly believe and receive Him.
Then you will know what it is to be “born again.” You
show this decision in being baptised and then serving Him with a
Bible-believing brethren. “Then they that gladly received his
word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about
three thousand souls. And they continued stedfastly in the apostles'
doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers”
(Acts 2:41, 42).